Victoria Corner, New Brunswick

Victoria Corner
village
Nickname: 
The Corner
Victoria Corner is located in New Brunswick
Victoria Corner
Victoria Corner
Coordinates: 46°16′00″N 67°31′00″W / 46.266667°N 67.516667°W / 46.266667; -67.516667
CountryCanada
Provinces of CanadaNew Brunswick
CountyCarleton County
ParishWakefield Parish
Foundedc. 1806 (as Bowyers Corner)
Government
 • TypeTown Council
Population
 (1901)
From Statistics Canada
 • Total
160
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal code
E7P
Area code506

Victoria Corner, New Brunswick is a community in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada located on the west side of the Saint John River, 3.71 km north of Wakefield, 10 miles from Woodstock,[1] on the road to Somerville.

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Carleton County, New Brunswick

It was formerly called Bowyers Corner for Charles Bowyer, who was an early settler.

Victoria Corner has been home to the New Brunswick Bible Institute, since 1944.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Carleton County, New Brunswick

See also

References

  1. ^ Angelo Heilprin, Louis Heilprin, ed. (1990) [1906]. Geographical Dictionary of the World. Vol. 2 : M to Z (reprint ed.). Concept Publishing Company. p. 1926. ISBN 978-81-7268-012-1.

46°16′N 67°31′W / 46.267°N 67.517°W / 46.267; -67.517


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